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Rebecca Hall Biography

Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is a British-American actress. She made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, which earned her enthusiastic reviews and the Ian Charleson Award.

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I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.

Interrogating, Music, Nerdy, People, Playlists

There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.

Control, Create, Over It, People, Version, Versions

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.

Act, Director, Directors, Horse, Looks

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.

Actors, Inevitability, Level, Levels, Remember, Want

I quite enjoy cooking but I'm not consistent. I can't follow the recipe book. If something goes well, I'll never make it again, which is completely stupid. It's a one-shot kind of deal.

Book, Completely, Cooking, Make, Quite, Stupid

You either hear the story and you're curious, and you're sort of sympathetic, or you think, "Ugh, how horrible. " That's dehumanizing. How about we take that and turn Christine Chubbuck into a person and it's not about the final act, it's about her life. I felt that really strongly, and I felt a sort of deep sympathy with her. It's also why I do what I do. I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable.

Life, People, Person, Thinking, Trying, Turn

Of course, any job is scary, but you tackle the challenges head on and hope for the best.

Challenges, Course, Hope, Jobs, Scary, Tackle

The idea that fear can manipulate people and you can use fear in the media to get what you want is happening right now. I think it has a lot of relevance between 2017 and 70's.

Manipulate, Media, People, Right, Thinking

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

Acting, Actor, Actors, Make, Thinking

I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest.

Honest, Ifs, Like, Talking

I was a really pretentious teenager.

Pretentious, Teenager

When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.

Heels, Height, Thought, Wear

If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.

Acting, Goal, People, Set, Think, Thinking

I've played an awful lot of repressed people.

Awful, People, Played, Repressed

You don't get roles like leading character in 'Christine' very often because people don't really like women on film to be unlikable. I think Christine is lovable, but I don't think she's likable. I think there's a fundamental difference. For me, those are the richest ones. Men have had a career of doing those kind of things.

Character, Film, Kind, Men, People, Thinking

I don't want to massively slag off Marvel, I don't. Because they have just employed a woman to be their superhero, and so hallelujah.

Superhero, Massively, Slag, Hallelujah, Woman

I daydream about things I want to happen, but none of it is more complicated, most of the time, than just really hoping that the good parts and the well-written parts are the ones that turn up on my doorstep.

Complicated, Daydreaming, Good, Time, Want

I try and avoid thinking of strategy and I tend to stick to my gun of doing things that I like and try to avoid things that I "should" be doing, and stay true to that.

Avoid, Gun, Stick, Thinking, Trying

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

Film, Higher, Medium, Theater, Think, Thinking

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.

Accorded, Animal, Equality, Human, Respect, Way

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